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NGSL Rank: 118
still
stɪl Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • not moving or making a sound.
    E.g. the still body of the young man
noun
  • deep silence and calm; stillness.
    E.g. the still of the night
  • an ordinary static photograph as opposed to a motion picture, especially a single shot from a cinema film.
    E.g. film stills
adverb
  • up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.
    E.g. he still lives with his mother
  • nevertheless; all the same.
    E.g. I'm afraid he's crazy. Still, he's harmless
  • even (used with comparatives for emphasis).
    E.g. write, or better still, type, captions for the pictures
verb
  • make or become still; quieten.
    E.g. she raised her hand, stilling Erica's protests
noun
  • an apparatus for distilling alcoholic drinks such as whisky.

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